Is this legal and is it fair if not?

[dieseluser07]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 16 October 2016 at 15:51

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robemcdonald said:

Not an expert on this but do you get paid a monthly wage or by the hour? If it's monthly I would have thought a day is a day regardless of how many hours you work.
Do you have a hr department? If so ask them.

I get paid a fixed salary per year.

We work 36 hours per week but nowhere in the contract does it say 3 12 hour shifts, it just says you will be expected to work whatever, it just so happens that we always work 12 hour days.

[dieseluser07]

StuTheGrouch said:

So, typically your week (Mon-Sun) will be-

3x days a week (12 hours x 3 = 36 hours)

4x days a week not working

Is that correct?

So a 36 hour holiday request will result in:

3x days a week not working

4x days a week also not working

Therefore, 7 days off.


Have I misunderstood that? If not, then whether you book a week off and get 3 days in that week off, or you simply get the week off, the result will be the same. Unless they are shysters and allocate you some hours on the dates you would otherwise have been off anyway.

If i put the 3 days in yes i will be off the whole week, my point is though i only need 3 days off and i am happy to work hours the rest of the week, so im basically putting a full week in but only need 3 days off, so in essence using my annual leave up a lot quicker than id hope to.